Jiajia Gu 

Working Papers

"Sowing Seeds of Mobility: The Uneven Impact of Land Reform." (With Ting Chen, Rachel Ngai, and Jin Wang).  December 2025

  Previous Versions: STEG Working Paper 119,   CEPR Discussion Paper 20360,   IMF Working Paper No.2026/028 

  Blog: VoxChina Column

Journal Publications

"Fertility, Human Capital and Income: the Effects of China's One-child Policy."  Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , June 2022 , pp. 979 - 1020. 

"Financial Intermediation and Occupational Choices."  Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 133 (2021) 

IMF  Work

"Towards Achieving Sustained Economic Growth in Small Developing States: A Primer on Belize." (with Ziad W Amer, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Bunyada (Mos) Laoprapassorn, and Shane R Lowe)  IMF Working Paper No. 2026/041

"Tax and Expenditure Policies in Comoros: Distributive Effects Using Micro-Simulations" (with  Al-Mouksit Akim) , Selected Issues Papers 2026, 016 (2026)

"Belize: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize" Annex VII.  (with Ziad W Amer and Bunyada (Mos) Laoprapassorn)

"Assessing Gender Gaps in Malta"(with Thomas P Gade, Agnese Carella, and Diego Gomes), Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/009

“Promoting Gender Equality and Tackling Demographic Challenges.” (with L. Kolovich, J. Mondragon, M. Newiak, and M. Herrmann). IMF Gender Note 2024/002 

“Why a Gender Lens Matters: Unlocking Solutions to Macroeconomic Challenges.” (with L. Kolovich, M. Newiak, D. Gomes, V. Malta, and J. Mondragon). IMF Gender Note 2024/003 

“Interim Guidance Note on Mainstreaming Gender at the IMF.” (with M. Newiak, L. Kolovich, D. Gomes) 

"Haiti: 2024 Article IV Staff Report (Annex III B)." 

"Suriname: 2024 Article IV Consultation and the Eighth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria, Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances"